* In-tree support for openstack credentials is now deprecated. please use the "client-keystone-auth" from the cloud-provider-openstack repository. details on how to use this new capability is documented [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack/blob/master/docs/using-client-keystone-auth.md) ([#64346](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64346), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

* kube-apiserver: the experimental in-tree Keystone password authenticator has been removed in favor of extensions that enable use of Keystone tokens. ([#59492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59492), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

1.6 will also default to protobuf encoding if using etcd3.  **This change is
irreversible.**  To rollback, you must restore from a backup made before the
protobuf/etcd3 switch, and any changes since the backup will be lost.  As 1.5
does not support protobuf encoding, if you roll back to 1.5 after upgrading to
protobuf you will be forced to restore from backup, and you will lose any changes
since you converted to protobuf.  After conversion to protobuf, you should

- github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2: [v1.30.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/tree/v1.30.1)
- github.com/aws/smithy-go: [v1.20.3](https://github.com/aws/smithy-go/tree/v1.20.3)
- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v6: [v6.3.0](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/tree/v6.3.0)
- github.com/containerd/containerd/api: [v1.7.19](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/api/v1.7.19)

- github.com/certifi/gocertifi: [2c3bb06](https://github.com/certifi/gocertifi/tree/2c3bb06)
- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5: [v5.0.0](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5/tree/v5.0.0)
- github.com/cncf/udpa/go: [5459f2c](https://github.com/cncf/udpa/go/tree/5459f2c)
- github.com/cockroachdb/errors: [v1.2.4](https://github.com/cockroachdb/errors/tree/v1.2.4)

### Removed
- github.com/asaskevich/govalidator: [f61b66f](https://github.com/asaskevich/govalidator/tree/f61b66f)
- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v6: [v6.3.0](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/tree/v6.3.0)
- github.com/containerd/console: [v1.0.4](https://github.com/containerd/console/tree/v1.0.4)
- github.com/go-kit/log: [v0.2.1](https://github.com/go-kit/log/tree/v0.2.1)

The external provider includes all of the above with the additional fixes and features:
- Fix bug to prevent allocation of existing floating IP.
- Fix Cinder authentication bug when OS_DOMAIN_NAME not specified.
- Fix Keystone authentication errors by skipping synchronization for unscoped tokens.
- Fix authentication error for client-auth-plugin
- Fix dependency references from in-tree-provider to point to external provider.

## Dependencies

### Added
- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5: [v5.0.0](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5/tree/v5.0.0)
- github.com/frankban/quicktest: [v1.11.3](https://github.com/frankban/quicktest/tree/v1.11.3)

### Changed

## Changelog since v1.8.14

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: Kubernetes JSON deserializer is now case-sensitive to restore compatibility with pre-1.8 servers. If your config files contains fields with wrong case, the config files will be now invalid. ([#65410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65410), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))

## Changelog since v1.9.8

### Action Required

* ACTION REQUIRED: Kubernetes JSON deserializer is now case-sensitive to restore compatibility with pre-1.8 servers. If your config files contains fields with wrong case, the config files will be now invalid. ([#65298](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65298), [@nikhita](https://github.com/nikhita))